Black Ice: The 66 Degree Conspiracy by Max Morgan

An international conspiracy to gain control over vast Arctic oil and gas resources touches close to home in Max Morgan’s riveting spy thrillerBlackIce.

As a senior intelligence officer with the Norwegian Police Security Service, Magnus Ose enjoys both personal and professional success. But his loving family and his career suddenly hang in the balance as he attempts to solve the mysterious deaths of several of his assets.

After discovering that confidential industry data has been stolen from oil and gas executive Finn Aspen, Magnus vows to identify the thief. But his efforts prove too late when Aspen is found shot in the head.

Shortly after, Norwegian diplomat Alf Evenson is found dead in an “accidental” apartment building fire—the second of Magnus’s assets to die in twenty-four hours.

Magnus’s investigation uncovers an elaborate network of spies and double agents that involves assets from North America, the Balkans, Western Europe, Russia, and the CIS.

It’s only as he gets closer to the truth that he realizes he might be too late—and that the web of lies he’s trying to penetrate might have already infiltrated his work…and even his own family.

Jun 12, 2015hyperashley

My review

Summary

I'm not a usually a fan of spy thrillers, they can just get tedious for me sometimes. Thankfully that wasn't the case with this, I was fully invested the entire time. It was pretty fast paced and a little thrilling at some parts.

Magnus starts working a big case when one of his assets gets murdered. The deeper he digs into the case the more deaths he finds and the more trouble he gets into. When he digs too deep and finds out things he shouldn't he puts his own family in danger. Will he be able to solve the case before someone else dies? Will that someone else be his wife?

I thought this book was well written and a good spy thriller. Though sometimes it was difficult to follow, but once I got used to the authors writing style it got easier. I'm just not used to the constant changing of character POV's. It was easy to adapt to the changes though, at least it was for me.

I liked the characters! Even the villains had good parts and were fun to read. Magnus was a great crime solver, he was truly skilled at his job. Especially at the end!I couldn't wipe the smile off my face when he figured out the whole thing with Adrian. That was a fantastic scene to read and picture- very movie like. I felt like Mission Impossible music should have been playing during that part and maybe Tom cruise running from an explosion somewhere in the distance.

I do wish there was more action though. I am a huge fan of action, and this had a few good action scenes but for the most part it focused on the investigation. I liked getting into the investigation but I would have loved more fighting and violence. It is a spy thriller after all so it could have been more violent. I'm a mean person I know, you don't have to tell me.

Max Morgan is a very talented writer and I hope to read more from him. Though I'm still not a fan of spy thrillers if they are written like this I don't mind them. Everything came together at the end and didn't leave me with any questions.

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My name is Ashley. I spend most of my life in a hyper state (hence the name). I read, I write, I rant and whine. Enjoy this glimpse into my little world and no judgements please. Some of my reviews may include spoilers.